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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did he know the budget? If he did, just sever the relationship and move on. [/quote]

Yes he knew the budget but he claims he thought it wasn't for both the furnishings, and the contractor, so he thought our budget was 2x what it is [/quote]

Yeah I would just fire him within the terms of your contract if you don’t want to pay the money.

Businesses that provide services to rich people are often really good, but rarely a good value. A lot of being a designer or similar stuff is about being good at making people feel good, or special or whatever. Your guy may be a grifter, or he may be a visionary who is just sloppy or bad with numbers and his desired client won’t care. Either way, he’s not a good fit for you.

The one thing here is you really need to be careful when you explain the budget. That kind of misunderstanding (if it’s not just a straight lie) should be impossible. You should be able to point at clear language in your written communication that makes it clear. If you can’t, it’s possible that you bear SOME responsibility here although imo it’s still his fault.

You could just adjust the scope and buy the furniture if you want, and not do any structural changes.

For those PPs saying the designer shouldn’t choose the contractor, that’s not true. Sometimes having connections to good contractors is a lot of what the designer brings to the table. If they work together a lot, that can really, really help things go smoothly. For you as the client the incentives can be right also, because the contractor needs to keep the designer happy to protect future business. They can also conspire to overcharge you, but that can happen in any configuration. Not having to find and vet a contractor is worth a lot to busy clients.

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OP - what’s frustrating is that we’ve spent months on the plans for each room and we’ve made all the final choices which was massively time consuming. So to have to start again with someone else would be a big time commitment and a delay. We would have no idea how to find or pick a contractor, but then we also don’t care if we move a bunch of the walls the designer wanted to change. [/quote]

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